Rewinding further, the 30-year average notched a high 7.37% last spring, so today's rates are significantly improved vs. 10 months ago. They're also almost 1.2 percentage points cheaper than the ...

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Wednesday, pushing the average to a two-week high. Rates moved higher for almost every other loan type as well.

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